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Kickstarter in the UK: The First Year

On October 31, 2012, Kickstarter opened up to projects based in the UK for the first time. In the first 24 hours, creators launched 85 projects. The first, a fun technology project called PiCade, raised more than double its funding goal. It was a great start to Kickstarter's first year in the UK. Here's a look at what's happened since.

Emilie’s project launched on Kickstarter’s first day in the UK. Its goal was to build a mobile tea truck in London, and it was successfully funded by more than 300 people. Soon the truck was open and serving tea to Londoners — and sometimes backers. “Backers come for tea every now and again — some from as far as the US,” Emilie says. “It is always a pleasure to brew them their first cup.”

Another great project was video game maker Nicoll Hunter’s Fist of Awesome (and its charming project video). V for Vendetta author Alan Moore’s film series Jimmy’s End was cool, as was the project for Project Wild Thing, which is currently in theaters. Some projects were massive, like Elite: Dangerous, the most-funded project from the UK with more than £1.5 million in pledges. Others were just plain weird, like one to fund a massive statue of Lionel Richie's head that was installed at a music festival. More than 200 people backed that one (us included).

Kickstarter’s mission is to help people bring their creative projects to life. We're excited by what’s happened in the UK in year one, and we look forward to seeing what happens in years two, ten, and beyond. Thanks so much for being a part of it.

Hey Great & Congratulations!
BUT
When will you start in other european countries like Germany... UK Could be the Headquarter.
Otherwise it´s so complicated to open a project without a address and bank account in US or UK!

I can't even connect to amazon payments, it always goes to the US one and I can't change the identity verification address to the UK, and the currency will not change to UK even though my location is set to 'Sussex, UK' ?!